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Figure Correction: How Consumers and Physicians View New Medical Technology: Comparative Survey
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- JMIR Publications Inc., 2015.
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Abstract
- Background As a result of the digital revolution coming to medicine, a number of new tools are becoming available and are starting to be introduced in clinical practice. Objective We aim to assess health care professional and consumer attitudes toward new medical technology including smartphones, genetic testing, privacy, and patient-accessible electronic health records. Methods We performed a survey with 1406 health care providers and 1102 consumer responders. Results Consumers who completed the survey were more likely to prefer new technologies for a medical diagnosis (437/1102, 39.66%) compared with providers (194/1406, 13.80%; P
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- Original Paper
Medical education
medicine.medical_specialty
Traditional medicine
business.industry
Alternative medicine
healthcare
Health technology
Health Informatics
electronic health record
medical technology
Medicine
digital revolution
The Internet
business
mobile health
physician and consumer attitudes
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14388871
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....82e4519ccd548216091cb7f2579fc47e